Tom Maples had a golf bag slung over his shoulder for four years at Huntington North High School, a member of the boys’ golf team.

Seventeen years later, he’s still got a golf bag slung over his shoulder. This one just happens to belong to a golfer on the PGA Tour.

Maples, a 1998 Huntington North graduate, is Patrick Rodgers’ caddy. Rodgers, a fellow Hoosier hailing from Avon, became a professional golfer last summer, following his junior year at Stanford University.

This year’s Rolling into Roanoke classic car show will honor the late Randy Williams and his famed Pontiac collection.

So, it’s fitting that the car that sparked Williams’ interest in Pontiacs, a 1966 GTO 389 Tri-Power 4-speed, will be at the show, which is set for Saturday, July 25.

This particular car sent Williams, along with his family, down a path that saw them chase rare cars and parts all across the country for many years. Williams’ collection expanded to include 13 cars and a quartet of semi-trailers, each brimming with parts.

Marjorie Gard sleeps under a pink and white quilt she stitched when she was 17.

She thinks she bought the fabric for the quilt in Marion, but too many nights have passed for her to be sure.

“My goodness, that was 85 years ago,” she says with a laugh.

And as Gard approaches her 101st birthday, the meticulously hand-stitched quilt has won its first award — a purple and white “Best of Show” ribbon that now hangs on the wall of Gard’s apartment at Heritage Pointe, in Warren.

United Way of Huntington County, Inc. joined together with its 2015 Pacesetter companies to kick off its annual campaign on Wednesday, July 15.

Pacesetter companies are companies that run its employee campaigns early.

“Pacesetters, by definition, lead by example, set the pace and build momentum for the community-wide United Way campaign,” says Stephanie Morin, United Way Office and Events Coordinator. “They spark enthusiasm throughout their organization and the community. When Pacesetters lead, others will follow.”

When kids step into the world of Boost Camp, they step into a whirlwind of activity. There is always a game to play, an exercise to perform or a lesson to learn, all based around the principles of health and wellness.

It all began eight years ago when Lisa Leist, Boost Camp director and community wellness coordinator at the Parkview Huntington Family YMCA, was watching “Shaq’s Big Challenge” on television. Basketball superstar Shaquille O’Neal worked with a group of kids to help them get healthy and lose weight.

When the 2015 Huntington County 4-H Fair gets in full swing and the streets, pathways and aisles of the newly-named Huntington County Fairgrounds begin to swell with visitors and exhibitors, it will also be a good opportunity for the 4-H board to market its ready-for-hire facilities.

Kramer, the former basketball star at Huntington North High School and Purdue University who now plays professionally in Germany, is back in Indiana for the summer, preparing for a youth basketball camp he’ll be hosting at Crestview Middle School. All proceeds from the camp will be going toward the Steps for Success program at The Awakening Community Church, which will give away brand-new backpacks to local children before the start of the forthcoming school year.

At 87, Gene Snowden has no plans to retire. One of Huntington’s most recognizable residents, the lifelong public servant is still making contacts as a fund-raiser for several area charities, and keeping his thumb on the pulse of the community.

Iris Koughn, Kay LaMont and Nyla South are three Tipton Place Senior Living residents with one thing in common — they are all 100 years old.

All three women remain as active as they are able.

Koughn has been an avid traveler almost from the day she was born. Originally from Gas City, her family moved around to Marion, Huntington, Fort Wayne and Wabash before settling back in Huntington. Her husband worked in the cement business, and Koughn kept busy by tending the farm and taking care of her family.

Sitting at his kitchen table while the kids are at school, wearing shorts and a polo shirt that has “Diversified Services” embroidered on it, Allan Craig Miller, of rural Huntington, doesn’t look like a country music star. But with a big hit now on the European Country charts, that status is changing daily, both overseas as well as in the United States.

The Andrews Lions Club has spent 70 years serving its community — throwing parties, putting on parades, handing out scholarships and giving hundreds of kids the chance to play baseball.

Even as it celebrates its 70th year, it’s thinking about the community. Club members will be grilling up hot dogs and serving them to the community — for free — during their June 13 anniversary celebration.

In recent months, a new manner for describing middle class living situations has been heard around Huntington County: ALICE.

“The acronym stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed,” says Jenna Strick, executive director of the United Way of Huntington County, “and it represents households that earn more than the United States poverty level, but less than the basic cost of living in Huntington County.”

It was in the wee hours of the morning – 3:40 a.m. to be exact – when police officers began to bang on the front door of Larry and Debbie Goodyear’s residence on First Street. No one heard them.

The couple was fast asleep upstairs, unaware that danger was threatening to engulf their home and perhaps attempt to claim their lives. Even with two dogs, they were oblivious to what was happening just downstairs.

The recently-ended 119th General Assembly legislative session was filled with several important — and plenty of controversial — topics, giving local legislators a run for their money as they introduced new bills and dealt with others.

State Rep. Dan Leonard (R-Huntington) describes the session as “upheaval.” However, he adds that 95 to 97 percent of the legislation passed this session was bipartisan.

Jean Wilson, operations manager at the Huntington County Humane Shelter, hopes to see the shelter’s new Tribolet Learning Center utilized frequently by the community.

But for now, her focus is keeping it under wraps.

The center, which is situated in the front of the shelter, is currently hidden behind sheets, obscuring it from the eyes of shelter patrons. It’s all in service of preserving the surprise of its grand unveiling at an open house event the shelter has planned for Saturday, April 25.

John Abnet, who had been in the automotive industry for 20 years, was on hiatus from work, and he and his wife, LaNae, grabbed the brass ring of an opportunity to do something they say no one has done before. They plan to travel the entire 503-mile length of the Wabash River, from its source at its mouth at the Ohio River, and on to the waterway’s end at New Orleans, LA.

John Abnet says inspiration for the trip comes from the couple’s faith, which they posted on their webpage.

Working hard to support her family from an early age, 82-year-old Dollie Smith is now hard at work to accomplish one of her own life dreams and goals: to attain a high school level of education and her high school equivalency diploma.

“I want my education because none of my folks was educated, and I want to be the first in my family to get one (a high school level education),” says Smith. “My dad couldn’t write his name. My mother couldn’t write her name or even count money.”